美国语文第五册 第163期:勇士如何安睡

 　　How sleep the brave who sink to rest  那沉眠地下的勇士，如何安睡？

　　By all their country's wishes blessed! 坟茔上，撒满母亲祝福的麦穗。

　　When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,  春来了，指尖上露珠冰凉彻骨，

　　Returns to deck their hallowed mold,  轻轻地，将魂灵皮囊精心描绘。

　　She there shall dress a sweeter sod  弹指间，笑盈盈草地嫣红绽绿，

　　Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. 硝烟尽，桃花落，转眼人间仙境。

　　By fairy hands their knell¹ is rung;  彩弦声声，谁愿将哀伤奏与后人？

　　By forms unseen their dirge² is sung;  蓦然回首，春风破哪首挽歌翻舞？

　　There honor comes a pilgrim gray,  如今荣耀，照亮朝圣者晦暗墓穴，

　　To bless the turf that wraps their clay; 青山千古，早捻碎铮铮铁骨入土。

　　And Freedom shall awhile repair  春寒料峭，英雄豪情斯人已远去，

　　To dwell a weeping hermit³ there! 壮志未酬，长歌当哭漫漫自由路。

1 knell   

n.丧钟声；v.敲丧钟

参考例句：

• That is the death knell of the British Empire.这是不列颠帝国的丧钟。
• At first he thought it was a death knell.起初，他以为是死亡的丧钟敲响了。

2 dirge   

n.哀乐，挽歌，庄重悲哀的乐曲

参考例句：

• She threw down her basket and intoned a peasant dirge.她撂下菜篮，唱起庄稼人的哀歌。
• The stranger,after listening for a moment,joined in the mournful dirge.听了一会儿后这个陌生人也跟著唱起了悲哀的挽歌。

3 hermit   

n.隐士，修道者；隐居

参考例句：

• He became a hermit after he was dismissed from office.他被解职后成了隐士。
• Chinese ancient landscape poetry was in natural connections with hermit culture.中国古代山水诗与隐士文化有着天然联系。